united 0 - 8 Grilled
rk skies made the crowd of 12000 at PyrO united Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off.
Silvester Stoel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Leomir Nobre and
Jonny Mathiasson. united had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: bin Md Noh - Ho Chee, 崇礼 (Chongli), Cheng Jun, Shun Li - 文运 (Wenyun), 清贵 (Qinggui), bin Razuwan, 育栋 (Yudong) - 霆一 (Tingyi), 清轶 (Qingyi) .
Grilled started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Silvera - Ross, Stanca, Olsson - Han Kok, Josefsson, Kim, Mourão - 勇航 (Yonghang) , 修宇 (Xiuyu), bin Mohamad .
Grilled clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. With 6 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Björn Olsson put the ball away for 0 - 1.
Quah Han Kok made a nice rush in the 10 minute, but was eventually stopped by
Lee Shun Li. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 16 minutes, Grilled's
Kyou-Chull Kim burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Grilled's players now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The away team's
Kyou-Chull Kim took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 19 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 3. After 25 minutes united's
Mohamed Rafeek bin Md Noh contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. With 28 minutes played, a phenomenal play on the left side freed
Safri bin Mohamad, of Grilled, to dash through and score another goal for the visitors. The score was then 0 - 4. Grilled was determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.
Intentions were certainly good, but the Grilled indirect free kick combination after 51 minutes was easily anticipated by the defenders. That was a textbook example of how to defend a free kick - the attackers were left with few viable options. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed united's
Loh Ho Chee a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 54 minutes into the game. After 61 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Niculae Stanca who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 5. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 64 minutes, making it 0 - 6.
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) was noted down as the scorer. It might be a while before the fans see united's
蔡 (Cai) 崇礼 (Chongli) again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 71 minute mark. He was replaced by
Halim bin Saleh. Grilled increased the lead to 0 - 7 as
Quah Han Kok scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. Grilled's
Safri bin Mohamad received a play slashing through the home side's central defence after 79 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 8 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.
united's best player was
Lee Shun Li. On the other hand,
Mohamed Rafeek bin Md Noh's play was disheartening.
Safri bin Mohamad performed admirably for Grilled.
Alvaro Silvera was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 8.